Bloomberg’s press conference in the Blue Room was to announce a new contract with city detectives. Afterwards, he took questions from reporters. The first was about the lawsuit against Bloomberg, L.P. for allegedly discriminating against pregnant employees.

Bloomberg said Bloomberg, L.P. is “a family-friendly company. I haven’t had anything to do with running it or any discussions about running it or any of their employment policies in a long time.” After praising them for recruiting and retaining top talent, Bloomberg said, “you’ll have to talk to them.”

“As I said back then, I have some problems with this," Bloomberg said. "But it’s the governor’s call. And if there are some problems with it, we’ll just have to work it out. He’s the one who makes this decision. And he doesn’t tell me how to run the city, and I don’t tell him how to run the state. This is a state function.”